Photos: The 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic

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A handout picture received from Southampton City Council on April 4, 2012 shows the Titanic leaving Southampton on her ill-fated maiden voyage on April 10, 1912. Nowhere suffered as much from the sinking of the Titanic as Southampton and a century after the disaster the city wants to tell the largely forgotten story of its 549 residents who died.

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A group of survivors of the Titanic disaster aboard the Carpathia after being rescued, April 1912. The Titanic was considered unsinkable but foundered in frigid Atlantic waters off Newfoundland after striking an iceberg. About 700 passengers survived in lifeboats, but some 1,500 perished in the sinking.REUTERS/Library of Congress/Handout

Titanic lifeboats on their way to the Carpathia following the sinking of the Titanic April 15, 1912. The Titanic was considered unsinkable but foundered in frigid Atlantic waters off Newfoundland after striking an iceberg. About 700 passengers survived in lifeboats, but some 1,500 perished in the sinking.REUTERS/George Grantham Bain Collection/Library of Congress/Handout

Mr. & Mrs. G.A. Harder and Mrs. Charles M. Hayes, survivors of the Titanic disaster, talking aboard the Carpathia after being rescued, April 1912. The Titanic was considered unsinkable but foundered in frigid Atlantic waters off Newfoundland after striking an iceberg. About 700 passengers survived in lifeboats, but some 1,500 perished in the sinking.REUTERS/Library of Congress/Handout

A group of survivors of the Titanic disaster aboard the Carpathia after being rescued, April 1912. The Titanic was considered unsinkable but foundered in frigid Atlantic waters off Newfoundland after striking an iceberg. About 700 passengers survived in lifeboats, but some 1,500 perished in the sinking.REUTERS/George Grantham Bain Collection/Library of Congress/Handout

A lifeboat from the Titanic pulls alongside the Carpathia following the sinking of the Titanic, April 15, 1912. The Titanic was considered unsinkable but foundered in frigid Atlantic waters off Newfoundland after striking an iceberg. About 700 passengers survived in lifeboats, but some 1,500 perished in the sinking.REUTERS/George Grantham Bain Collection/Library of Congress/Handout

An Irish Coast Guard helicopter (top) arrives to evacuate a man suffering from a heart ailment from the Titanic Memorial Cruise ship MS Balmoral, in the Atlantic Ocean off Ireland April 10, 2012. Tour operator Miles Morgan said the ship would head back 20 nautical miles towards Ireland in order to be in range for a helicopter tasked with evacuating a man with a non life threatening heart condition.REUTERS/Chris Helgren

A guest wearing formal attire arriving for a cocktail party, rubs her hands with sanitising lotion as she passes members of the ship's crew, on board the Titanic Memorial Cruise in the Atlantic Ocean off Ireland April 10, 2012. Captain Robert Bamberg wrote to guests invited to greet him and the crew at a cocktail party that they would refrain from shaking hands "in order to provide the most effective sanitary measures".REUTERS/Chris Helgren

An Irish Coast Guard helicopter winches a man suffering from a heart ailment from the Titanic Memorial Cruise ship MS Balmoral, in the Atlantic Ocean off Ireland April 10, 2012. Tour operator Miles Morgan said the ship would head back 20 nautical miles towards Ireland in order to be in range for a helicopter tasked with evacuating a man with a non life threatening heart condition.REUTERS/Chris Helgren

Sharon Lefroy (not pictured) has a collection of clippings, letters, photos and other various memorabilia relating to her great grandfather, Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Godfrey Peuchen, who was fortunate enough to have survived the Titanic, which she keeps in her Ottawa home on April 5, 2012.David Kawai / Postmedia News

Passengers on the Titanic Memorial Cruise dance to a Belgian string band after departure from Cobh April 9, 2012. The ship's authorities have decided to cancel scheduled ballroom dancing on April 10 due to rough seas. The cruise is retracing the voyage of the ill-fated Titanic liner, which hit an iceberg and sank 100 years ago on April 15, 1912. Picture taken April 9, 2012.REUTERS/Chris Helgren

People throw roses into the sea at berths 43/44 from where the RMS Titanic set sail on its ill-fated maiden voyage 100 years ago at Southampton dock on April 10, 2012 during a ceremony where descendants of some of those who died on the Titanic paid tribute to the lost. Southampton marked the 100th anniversary of the Titanic's fateful maiden voyage to New York on April 10, 1912 with ceremonies and tributes to the over 1,500 people who lost thier lives in the disaster, including 549 Southampton residents.BEN STANSALL/AFP/Getty Images

In a handout picture recieved from Southampton City Council on April 4, 2012 people look at the names of those killed in the sinking of the Titanic posted outside the offices of White Star Line in Southhampton in 1912. Nowhere suffered as much from the sinking of the Titanic as Southampton and a century after the disaster the city wants to tell the largely forgotten story of its 549 residents who died.AFP/Getty Images

A handout picture recieved from Southampton City Council on April 4, 2012 shows a memorial service in Southampton for the victims of the Titanic sinking in 1912. Nowhere suffered as much from the sinking of the Titanic as Southampton and a century after the disaster the city wants to tell the largely forgotten story of its 549 residents who died.AFP/Getty Images

In a handout picture recieved from Southampton City Council on April 4, 2012 shows a newsboy outside White Star Line offices in London after the news of the sinking of the Titanic hit in 1912. Nowhere suffered as much from the sinking of the Titanic as Southampton and a century after the disaster the city wants to tell the largely forgotten story of its 549 residents who died.SOUTHAMPTON CITY COUNCIL/AFP/Getty Images

A display shows a picture of the Titanic Captain Edward Smith who went down with the ship in 1912 at the SeaCity Museum's Titanic exhibition in Southampton on April 3, 2012. Nowhere suffered as much from the sinking of the Titanic as Southampton and a century after the disaster the city wants to tell the largely forgotten story of its 549 residents who died.JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP/Getty Images

Visitors peruse 1912 newspapers detailing the sinking of the RMS Titanic at the opening of the "Titanic at 100: Myth and Memory" exhibition on April 10, 2012 in New York City. The exhibit opened at the Melville Gallery, part of the South Street Seaport Museum, on the 100th anniversary of Titanic's launch on her maiden - and only - voyage. The exhibition features mayday communications from the ship, personal artifacts from survivors, production items from Titanic films and interactive multimedia tours through the ship. The British passenger liner sank in the North Atlantic Ocean, killing more than 1,500 people on April 15,1912 after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton, England to New York City.John Moore/Getty Images

Period clothing like that worn on the RMS Titanic in 1912 stand on display at the opening of the "Titanic at 100: Myth and Memory" exhibition on April 10, 2012 in New York City. The exhibit opened at the Melville Gallery, part of the South Street Seaport Museum, on the 100th anniversary of Titanic's launch on her maiden - and only - voyage. The exhibition features mayday communications from the ship, personal artifacts from survivors, production items from Titanic films and interactive multimedia tours through the ship. The British passenger liner sank in the North Atlantic Ocean, killing more than 1,500 people on April 15,1912 after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton, England to New York City.John Moore/Getty Images

Artifacts from the RMS Titanic sit on display at the opening of the "Titanic at 100: Myth and Memory" exhibition on April 10, 2012 in New York City. The exhibit opened at the Melville Gallery, part of the South Street Seaport Museum, on the 100th anniversary of Titanic's launch on her maiden - and only - voyage. The exhibition features mayday communications from the ship, personal artifacts from survivors, production items from Titanic films and interactive multimedia tours through the ship. The British passenger liner sank in the North Atlantic Ocean, killing more than 1,500 people on April 15,1912 after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton, England to New York City.John Moore/Getty Images

A scale model of the RMS Titanic sits on display at the opening of the "Titanic at 100: Myth and Memory" exhibition on April 10, 2012 in New York City. The exhibit opened at the Melville Gallery, part of the South Street Seaport Museum, on the 100th anniversary of Titanic's launch on her maiden - and only - voyage. The exhibition features mayday communications from the ship, personal artifacts from survivors, production items from Titanic films and interactive multimedia tours through the ship. The British passenger liner sank in the North Atlantic Ocean, killing more than 1,500 people on April 15,1912 after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton, England to New York City.John Moore/Getty Images

A child touches a photograph of an iceberg taken following the sinking of the RMS Titanic at the opening of the "Titanic at 100: Myth and Memory" exhibition on April 10, 2012 in New York City. The exhibit opened at the Melville Gallery, part of the South Street Seaport Museum, on the 100th anniversary of Titanic's launch on her maiden - and only - voyage. The exhibition features mayday communications from the ship, personal artifacts from survivors, production items from Titanic films and interactive multimedia tours through the ship. The British passenger liner sank in the North Atlantic Ocean, killing more than 1,500 people on April 15,1912 after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton, England to New York City.John Moore/Getty Images

A child touches a photograph of an iceberg taken following the sinking of the RMS Titanic at the opening of the "Titanic at 100: Myth and Memory" exhibition on April 10, 2012 in New York City. The exhibit opened at the Melville Gallery, part of the South Street Seaport Museum, on the 100th anniversary of Titanic's launch on her maiden - and only - voyage. The exhibition features mayday communications from the ship, personal artifacts from survivors, production items from Titanic films and interactive multimedia tours through the ship. The British passenger liner sank in the North Atlantic Ocean, killing more than 1,500 people on April 15,1912 after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton, England to New York City.John Moore/Getty Images

Dan Castaneda (L) and his wife Laurie Castaneda of Long Beach, California wear period clothing as they walk on the deck of the Azamara Journey on April 10, 2012 in New York City. The Azamara Journey will embark from New York to continue on the Titanic Memorial Cruise to memorialize the 100th anniversary of the Titanic's fateful voyage. The cruise began in Southampton, England and will continue on with onbaord lectures and a memorial at sea when the Titanic sank.Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

The New York skyline is seen from the pool deck of the Azamara Journey on April 10, 2012 in New York City. The Azamara Journey will embark from New York to continue on the Titanic Memorial Cruise to memorialize the 100th anniversary of the Titanic's fateful voyage. The cruise began in Southampton, England and will continue on with onbaord lectures and a memorial at sea when the Titanic sank.Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Dan Castaneda (R) and his wife Laurie Castaneda of Long Beach, California wear period clothing as they stand on the deck of the Azamara Journey on April 10, 2012 in New York City. The Azamara Journey will embark from New York to continue on the Titanic Memorial Cruise to memorialize the 100th anniversary of the Titanic's fateful voyage. The cruise began in Southampton, England and will continue on with onbaord lectures and a memorial at sea when the Titanic sank.Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Patrick Druckenmiller wears a costume depicting Titanic Captain Edward John Smith as he waves to family members from the deck of the Azamara Journey on April 10, 2012 in New York City. The Azamara Journey will embark from New York to continue on the Titanic Memorial Cruise to memorialize the 100th anniversary of the Titanic's fateful voyage. The cruise began in Southampton, England and will continue on with onbaord lectures and a memorial at sea when the Titanic sank.Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

A picture shows the pocket watch belonging to Titanic steward Sidney Sedunary, which has stopped at 01:50, roughly 30 minutes before the Titanic sank, seen on display at the SeaCity Museum at the museum's Titanic exhibition in Southampton on April 3, 2012. The watch, which now takes pride of place in the new museum, was found in Sedunary's pocket when his body was recovered a few days after the sinking by rescuers.Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

A display board shows details of crew members who perished in the sinking of the Titanic at the SeaCity Museum at the museum's Titanic exhibition in Southampton on April 3, 2012. Nowhere suffered as much from the sinking of the Titanic as Southampton and a century after the disaster the city wants to tell the largely forgotten story of its 549 residents who died. Three-quarters of Titanic's crew came from the city, many toiling as stokers in the ship's engine rooms or as stewards tending to the needs of passengers.Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

A White Star Line 1st and 2nd class deck chair, from Titanic's sister ship The Olympic, is seen on display at the SeaCity Museum at the museum's Titanic exhibition in Southampton on April 3, 2012. Nowhere suffered as much from the sinking of the Titanic as Southampton and a century after the disaster the city wants to tell the largely forgotten story of its 549 residents who died.Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

A general view shows a black plaque outside the Canute Chambers, the building that housed the former offices of White Star Line, the owners of the Titanic, in Southampton on April 3, 2012. Nowhere suffered as much from the sinking of the Titanic as Southampton and a century after the disaster the city wants to tell the largely forgotten story of its 549 residents who died. Photographs taken at the time of the sinking in 1912 show anxious relatives gathering around the names of the dead posted outside the White Star Line offices, where the small black plaque marks the spot.Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Patrick Druckenmiller wears a costume depicting Titanic Captain Edward John Smith as walks onto the deck of the Azamara Journey on April 10, 2012 in New York City. The Azamara Journey will embark from New York to continue on the Titanic Memorial Cruise to memorialize the 100th anniversary of the Titanic's fateful voyage. The cruise began in Southampton, England and will continue on with onbaord lectures and a memorial at sea when the Titanic sank.Justin Sullivan/Getty Images